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c. H. GARDNER. TA'NK WAGON.

-APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1919.

Patented Dec. 9,1919.

172M972 z%7f ariajjga UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cnnnrns n. GARDNER, or xnnsns CITY,

MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY (OF INDIANA), 0F WHITING,INDIANA: A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

TANK-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 9, 1919. Serial No. 302,781.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLns H. GARDNER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tank-Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement inthe class of delivery Wagons,whether of the horse-drawn'or tractor types, and commonly designatedtanlcwagons in the petroleum industry, wherein they are employed fordispensing along their routes'trr retail dealers, garages and consumerssupplies of gasolene, kerosene, lubricating oil, and other commodities.

In the accompanying drawing, which exhibits only so much of amotor-driven tankwagon as is needed to show my improvement, therunning-gear being therefore omitted, Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of the vehicle provided with my invention, and- Fi'g. 2 is asection on line 2-2, Fig. l.

The tank 3, of ordinary or any-desired construction-and provided withbufier-strips at 3, is strapped, as usual, on carrying bolsters 4, ofwhich the three shown are commonly used for sup orting the tank onsidesills 5 of a truck not shown). Platforms 6, (ion the holsters extendoutwardly from opposite sides of the tank near itsbase, and have stopsor abutments7 rising from near their opposite ends the abutments shownbeing of gas-pipe and each formed of a pair of spaced vertical-legs anda cross-pisoeconnected with the upper ends of the legs by elbows 8. Tothe outer edge of each platlength of the each gate I its outer edge toengage chains 13 having their inner ends fastened by clips 14 to the bya hinge 9, a gate 10 having reinforcm cleats 11 on its inner face andextending su stantially throughout the tank. At equal intervals alongbifurcated catches 12 project from form is connected,

upper cleats 11 for rigidly spacingfrom the I abutments the gates intheir normally upright position, besides supplementing the chains inholding them against unfolding from that position.

The purpose of theplatforms with the end-abutments and gates is forcarrying under confinement small packages of commodities, such as cansof lubricating oils, for supplying customers therefor from-thetankwagon. It is often required, however, to carry oil to customers inbarrels of different capacities, and it is a primary object of myimprovement to adapt the tank-wagon for the purpose. To that end thegates 10 are hinged, as shown and described, to adapt them to, beadjusted to extend upwardly at any desired angle to the platforms andthereby expand the space between each gate and the adjacent side of thetank to accommodate on the platforms barrels of difierent sizes andconfine them between the end-abutments 7, the gates and the tank-sides;and the chains 13 are provided for readily but securely fastening thegates in adjusted position and in a manner for permitting them to bereadily released and lowered to permit convenient unloading from theplatform.

I claim In combination with a tank-wagon havin platforms extending fromopposlte sides 0 the tank-bottoms and abutments on the platform-ends,gates hingedly connected with the outer platform-edges for adjustment toexpand the s ace between each and the adj acent tank-si e, chains on thetank for engaging the gates and holding them in adusted position, andhook-and-eyc connections between the abutments and gates and rigidlyspacing the gates in erect position I

